Selecting an Audit Trail Purge Method

You can perform the purge on a regularly scheduled basis or at a specified times.

Purging the Audit Trail on a Regularly Scheduled Basis

You can purge all audit records, or audit records that were created before a specified timestamp, on a regularly scheduled basis.

For example, you can schedule the purge for every Saturday at 2 a.m.

  1. If necessary, tune online and archive redo log sizes to accommodate the additional records generated during the audit table purge process.

  2. Plan a timestamp and archive strategy.

  3. Optionally, set an archive timestamp for the audit records.

  4. Create and schedule the purge job.

Manually Purging the Audit Trail at a Specific Time

You can manually purge the audit records right away in a one-time operation, rather than creating a purge schedule.

  1. If necessary, tune online and archive redo log sizes to accommodate the additional records generated during the audit table purge process.

  2. Plan a timestamp and archive strategy.

  3. Optionally, set an archive timestamp for the audit records.

  4. Run the purge operation.